$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 272 of 5,018

Players are returning from another break with only 272 players remaining of the 960 that began the day.

Barbaro Diaz is the latest player to cross the million-chip mark and it put him in the lead. His 1,525,000 is good enough to top Michael Johnson’s 1,389,000. Juan Garcia, Perry Shiao, and David Rauf round out the seven-digit gang with reigning Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year David Prociak not far behind.

Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Sheddy Siddiqui is still sitting comfortable along with Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah.

Top stacks and notable names:

Barbaro Diaz – 1,525,000 (127 bb)
Michael Johnson – 1,389,000 (116 bb)
Juan Garcia – 1,300,000 (108 bb)
Rafael Reis – 1,200,000 (100 bb)
Perry Shiao – 1,000,000 (83 bb)
David Rauf – 1,000,000 (83 bb)
David Prociak – 945,000 (79 bb)
Alvaro Jirau – 910,000 (76 bb)
Peter Walsworth – 900,000 (75 bb)
Miguel Garcia Cruz – 900,000 (75 bb)
Elizabeth Provan – 800,000 (67 bb)
Jason Young – 694,000 (58 bb)
Karl Manouchakian – 620,000 (52 bb)
Raymond Ruzkowski – 604,000 (50 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui – 570,000 (48 bb)
Jordan Meltzer – 540,000 (45 bb)
Victor Figueroa – 510,000 (43 bb)
Jimmy Seaver – 491,000 (41 bb)
Brandon Byars – 430,000 (36 bb)
John Templeton – 380,000 (32 bb)
Wally Maddah – 234,000 (20 bb)
Luke Brereton – 197,000 (16 bb)
John Holley – 175,000 (15 bb)

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 306 of 5,018

The player under the gun opened to 20,000, and Zoltan Czinkota three-bet to 40,000 next to act. Action froze on Jason Young for maybe 30 seconds or so, but after a short exchange with Czinkota, he eventually folded. The initial raiser called the remainder to see the flop.

It came , and both players checked. The raiser check-called a small bet of 10,000 on the turn, and both players checked through the river. Czinkota showed , winning the pot with a pair of nines.

“I showed you so much respect right there,” Young said after the hand.

“You had better than pocket nines?” Czinkota asked. Young nodded. “You folded a bigger pair than nines?” Czinkota was in apparent disbelief. “You never had a bigger pair than nines! You had a bigger pair than nines?”

Young saw us jotting down notes, and he lamented his newfound patience. “I’m such a nit now,” he sighed. “Remember when I used to just be in there? If I made a bad decision — so what? — I’d go to the bar. Now I just fold pairs preflop and stuff.”

Zoltan Czinkota – 475,000 (48 bb)

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 373 of 5,018

Chino Rheem began the day just below the chip average with 90,000, and he’s since grown that to nearly 600,000 to put himself among the pace setters in the remaining field.

A big chunk of those chips came in a recent heads-up pot against a player a couple seats to Rheem’s left. The decisive action occurred on the turn of a board, with about 100,000 already in the pot. Rheem checked to his opponent, who bet 16,000 in position. Rheem said something quietly, then check-raised to 51,000. His opponent said something back, then reraised to 91,000, and Rheem moved all in with the larger stack.

Rheem’s opponent had about 135,000 chips left in front of him, and he slipped deep into the tank. “That’s good,” Rheem eventually acknowledged. “You didn’t snap-call me.” After another minute, he added, “I might need queen-ten to win.”

“There are only two hands that beat me,” his opponent said, appearing to grow a little frustrated as he shuffled the remainder of his shortening stack.

“So you’re saying you have a set of kings?” Rheem pried. “You’re thinking this long with a set of kings?”

With that, his opponent shook his head and slid his cards into the muck, and Rheem stacked the pot into his tall towers.

Chino Rheem – 595,000 (60 bb)

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$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 398 of 5,018

Rafael Reis used to be the big stack in the room after the bubble burst, then he was moved out of the room for the live stream feature table, and he’s no longer the leader.

Alvaro Jirau began the day with a top ten stack and now holds the lead with 1,175,000. Joining him in the Million Chip Club is Michael Johnson sitting in the front of the room, watching the line go by for payouts. Johnson sits with 1,010,000 after starting his day with 175,000.

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 500 of 5,018

After multiple counts, tournament staff announced that exactly 500 players were remaining without any hand-for-hand play. That puts Event 1 into the money and we should continue seeing players hit the rail at a steady pace.

Event 1 Payouts

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 502 of 5,018

It only took ten minutes of re-restart action to lose enough players to put them on the money bubble. Tournament staff are counting seats and we will go to hand-for-hand action when it is complete.

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 539 of 5,018

Event 1 is back underway with the full field now sitting in the ballroom. After a head count, the player remaining total was updated to 569 to put them near the money bubble.

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 567 of 5,018

Event 1 is on an extended break as tournament staff move players from the Poker Room into the ballroom to prepare for the money bubble.

When they return, we will start our feature table live stream.